200 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



was noted through the war period. Both home and school gardens 

 were fostered. The majority of club members maintained home gar- 

 dens, however. 



In seventy-eight of the principal cities of Michigan, gardening was 

 carried on in an organized way, under the boys and girls' club plan. 

 In certain Michigan cities the garden movement has progressed to such a 

 point that the Board of Education now employes garden supervisors 

 during the entire year and gardening has a r>lace in the school curri- 

 culum along with that enjoyed by the subject* of Nature Study. 



An interesting feature of the short courses which were presented at 

 the Michigan Agricultural College during the past winter, was the short 

 course in Gardening. This course was offered for the first time and 

 was attended by county and local club leaders, school and college in- 

 structors throughout the State. The course is to be repeated during 

 the coming winter. 



R. A. Turner. 



CANNING PROJECT. 



Although the number enrolled in canning clubs the past summer was 

 not as great as last year, the percentage of ''finishers" was greater as 

 was the proportionate amount of work done. 



The girl canning the largest amount in the State was Martha Ealy of 

 Osceola county, who has to her credit over 1200 quarts of fruits, vege- 

 tables, jams, jellies, meats, pickles, etc. She has one standing order 

 for |100 worth of canned products each season, the selection of varie- 

 ties being for her to decide. Another club member, Donna Baird of Man- 

 istee county, has canned her products in tin this year and sold them at 

 local markets. 



Mother-Daughter Clubs are still being organized and are doing excel- 

 lent work. The Live Wire Mother-Daughter Club of Hillsdale county 

 has just finished its fourth season's work. 



This year jams, jellies, pickles and soup combinations were made 

 part of the requirement for second year girls and meat or fish were ad- 

 ded to third year girls. This made the variety of work done greater, 

 although the required amount was not increased. 



Demonstration teams played quite a part in the work of the second 

 and third year girls also. Five of the best teams, each representing 

 one of the districts into which Michigan was divided, gave demonstra- 

 tions at the State Fair. They were chosen by elimination contests 

 in each district. 



The number of canning centers did not equal that of last year, due 

 no doubt, to the fact that the war was over and people did not feel the 

 need of conservation of food as they had before. However, those which 

 survived this year will be permanent institutions. In several cities 

 they are part of the garden club work and are under the direction of 

 the Board of Education. 



The largest center is under the auspices of women in a suburban 

 rural community who have the interest of the boys and girls at heart, 

 and also having big farnis, they see the opportunity this gives them for 

 having their suqilus products canned. Two supervisors were engaged 

 in this center, one taking charge of the club work and the other of the 

 canning work. 



Elda Robb, 



